India Girls Education Dropout Rate: Eight in every 100 girls still leave school before Class 10: If classrooms are fuller than ever, why are adolescent girls disappearing?
Fresh data tabled in Parliament shows that while girls’ school retention has improved significantly at the primary level, secondary education continues to witness a worrying dropout rate. Although the figure has declined to 8% in 2025–26, experts point to financial pressures, domestic responsibilities, social barriers and limited access to schools as persistent obstacles to completing…
